If God says not to add to his book, the Bible, why did the Mormans add theirs and why does it read?

Question

like Shakespear?

Answer 1

i'm not one to knock other peoples religion (i'm christian) so with that in mind, good for you for asking questions about God and the bible! I have been doing that since i was a kid..especially before i put my FULL faith in God...but i have seen enough to know you can trust every word the bible says...Its all TRUE!! anyone who doesn't wanna listen can turn a deaf ear too...your judgement day from God is on you, not me
i watched a program awhile back where someone associated with the mormons and their "found"documents actually turned out to be a fraud and had made the documents himself...don't remember the specifics but i'll look and if i find it, i'll come back and edit this message to add it
May God bless us all!

Answer 2

You are probably referring to the well-known Book of Revelations scripture which says not to 'add to my words', but that quote is referring to the Book of Revelations itself, and not the Bible. The Bible as we know it today didn't exist back then. Not to mention that basically the same thing is mentioned in Deutoronomy, but everything after Deut. isn't considered "added scripture" is it? There's really nothing in the Bible to imply that the canon is complete. It's a human assumption that all the important information has been recorded. But as mentioned in John 21:25:

"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."

There could have been many other books written to describe all the many great things Christ did.

Answer 3

The book of Revelations is the book that has that written in it, so does that mean that all the rest of the books that are in the Bible that were written after John was told to write the book of Revelations are false? Oh yes check it out some of the books of the bible were written after Revelations. The Mormons have not altered or taken any thing out of or added any thing into the Bible. However God has given the world another book which is a companion to the Bible which shows no difference nether does it conflict any of the teachings of the Bible. Why should the Bible be the lords only book?

Answer 4

Because God never said not to add to the Bible.
When john wrote the book of Revelation, he meant not to add to the book of revelation only, and there was no Bible at John's time.

And further more, the book of Mormon is not an addition, it is a separate scriptural book by it self.

Answer 5

You refer, of course, to Revelation 22:18.

See Deuteronomy 4:2, and ask yourself why everything following that commandment is not spurious.

Read history, and realize that the 66-book canon was not agreed upon until centuries after the Savior's death.

Know also that, even today, not all Christians agree about what is Scripture. Two examples: Catholics have more books in their Old Testament than the 39 that are most familiar -- and, although Eastern Orthodox Christians include the Revelation (a/k/a The Apocalypse) in their Bibles, they never preach from it because they don't think it is as scripturally sound as the other 26 books.

In both Deuteronomy and Revelation, God is admonishing us to teach His commandments as he gives them -- not hash them together with the precepts of men.

Answer 6

The Bible is a collection of sacred writings that were compiled into book format centuries after the death of the original writers. When the Apostle John wrote these verses, the Bible as we know it today had not been compiled yet. Therefore, his words could not possibly be applied to the entire collection of writings today known as the Bible. John was referring specifically to the Book of Revelation.
Additionally, even though Revelation is traditionally placed last in the Bible, most Biblical scholars do not believe that it was the last book to be written among the compiled records contained in the Bible. If your reasoning is true, then those Books would also have to be removed from the Bible and discarded as false.

Answer 7

Right... The Bible never said "Don't add to the Bible"; spiteful Christians made that up, and they'll be aptly rewarded for abusing God's word like that, and trying to create a dead God who can no longer speak.

The Bible DID say "Don't change the Revelation of John".

The Bible also said (John 21:25),

"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."

Edit: Heh. Beaten to it.

Answer 8

Allow me to elaborate on what others have said quite distinctly.

When John the Beloved was exiled to the Isle of Patmos he wrote by revelation what is known to us as the Book of Revelation and admonished at the end to not add nor take away from it. At that time of the writing the Book of Revelation was not part of the Holy Bible until many years later.

With that said, and I repeat another reply, Deuteronomy 4:2 and 12: 32 says the same thing about adding to or diminishing from that particular book. You must remember that the KJV Bible is made up of 66 books, not just one Book of Revelation.

Moreover, who among us has the gall to state unequivocally that God cannot produce other holy scripture among the children of men? How dare they think such!

More scriptures are forthcoming so be prepared. Those scriptures will come from the lost tribes of Israel that God had scattered to the northward countries.

The Book of Mormon is simply another testament of Jesus Christ that was recorded by His prophets on the American continent from 600 B.C. to 421 A.D.

For all those saying, "We have got a Bible. We need no other Bible!" does not understand the scriptures at all.

Answer 9

So, so many things wrong with both your thinking and the mormons...

First off: the bible didn't exist when the line about "not adding" to it was written. That line (Rev. ch. 22, v. 18) refers to the "book" that John of Patmos wrote and which we now call Revelation. There was no bible then. John just didn't want anybody messing up his writing -- an early form of copyright with a promise of divine enforcement :)

Second, even if you ignore the fact above, your logic is ridiculous: using your logic, any religious text written by any christian EVER should be ignored or destroyed, because it "adds" to the bible. The Book of Mormon isn't "more bible," it's a different book. Just like books by Bishop Ussher, writings by St. Francis, or books by Pat Robertson.

And finally, the Book of Mormon is a complete fabrication (just like the bible!) -- it sounds as it does because it was written by a fairly un-educated American who was trying to make it sound like the English from the King James version of the bible. Heck, it even *refers* to the bible in it -- a pretty good trick for ancient americans who supposedly wrote on gold plates long before the bible ever existed, and had never heard the Greek word "bible." :)

In other words...get over it. It's all a bunch of nonsense, superstition, and lies. And yes, that includes the bible.

Peace.

Answer 10

the bible kinda reads like shakespear too.
it was written during that time. I don't expect some one from teh 1500's to use modern slang.